3 things Russell Wilson says Kyler Murray should do while choosing between the NFL and MLB

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson called into the Dan Patrick Show on Friday, and offered some advice to Kyler Murray, Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy winner who is now expected to declare for the NFL Draft after being the first-round pick for the Oakland A’s in the MLB Draft earlier this year.

Despite starting for the Sooners this season and leading them to the College Football Playoff, Murray, an outfielder, was previously expected to report to training camp in February with the A’s, but the San Francisco Chronicle reported this week that the team believes he will declare for the NFL Draft.

“Kyler’s one of those players that can electrify a football field,” Wilson said. “I think he can also do the same thing in baseball too. I think no matter what he decides, he’ll do great.”

“What I would tell him is first of all, pray about it. I think, second of all, is write out your goals for each sport and see if they align for where your destiny wants to take you and what you’re passionate about. I think the third thing I would say is ultimately, where do you see yourself? When it’s all said and done, what impact did you make and where did you make it? And I think that he’s going to be able to make an impact everywhere. I think that he’s going to be special no matter what he does. …

“The good thing about baseball is you don’t get hit as much. The good thing about football is you have the ball in your hands at every play. So there’s a balance of everything, and if he can find that balance of those two — where you can be special no matter what happens — I think he’ll make the right decision.

“And I think also, too, is he may have to play it out. He may have to try to do both. I always dreamed of playing both and everything else. And playing the quarterback position, if you really want to be great, takes a lot of time and a lot of energy and studying film and everything else, but he’s capable of anything.”

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Concerns about Murray’s height have people some people questioning whether he’d be a good NFL quarterback. But as Wilson explained, he thinks the NFL is entering a “new age of football” where “you don’t have to be the tallest guy in the room” to succeed anymore.

Oklahoma has Murray listed at 5-foot-10 and 195 pounds, but that didn’t stop him from maintaining a 69.0 completion percentage while racking up 4,361 passing yards – third in the nation – 1,001 rushing yards and 54 total touchdowns.

Wilson added that for him personally, if there was any baseball team he’d try to make two sports work for, it’d be the Yankees. The balance of that, especially as a quarterback, would be nearly impossible, but he added:

“I think you’d have to be in the same city.”

Murray has a $4.66 million deal with the A’s waiting for him, and position players report to spring training on Feb. 15. The NFL Draft combine begins Feb. 26.

3 things Russell Wilson says Kyler Murray should do while choosing between the NFL and MLB

Wilson also shared what he thinks is the key to playing both football and baseball professionally: Geography.

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